Hunger Strikers Stand By As Civil Rights Bill Fails
Kentucky Legislature ends regular session without civil rights bill. Thirty three hunger strikers in the House gallery, including 19 Negroes and 14 whites, vow to continue as procedural steps seal the bill's fate. Strikers face fatigue, weight loss, and guards while awaiting further action.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
House
Frank Stanley Jr
Louisville
Senate
Grayson Tucker
Stanley
Army Saws Clay Failed
The Army said heavyweight champion Cassius Clay failed his second pre induction examination and is not qualified for induction under standards. It did not specify which test failed, though mental aptitude and math rumors circulated. the Army noted Clay exerted his best effort on both tests after inconclusive first results. Clay had won the heavyweight title from Sonny Liston earlier this year.
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Washington
Army
Cassius Clay
Clay
Sonny Liston
Texas Panhandle snow blinds first day of spring
A Texas Panhandle snowstorm shocked Perryton and nearby Waka as spring time arrived at 8 10 am. Winds reached 50 mph with 22 degree temperatures and four inches of snow expected in parts. Across Texas and Kansas frigid conditions, damage reports and slick roads followed a day of cold fronts and gusty winds.
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Associated Press
Texas
Northeast Panhandle
Perryton
Upper Panhandle
Waka
John Needham
Dumas
Panhandle
Kansas
Midwest
Gulf
Southeastern States
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Indiana
Texas Panhandle
Nederland
Tex Oklahoma
High Panhandle
Lubbock
Lmae
Brownsville
Ruby's New Lawyer Foreman Ready To Take Case
Jack Ruby’s new chief counsel is Percy Foreman who says he will seek a new trial and possibly a reversal. Foreman plans to file a motion for a new trial after Ruby was sentenced to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald, with aims toward a Supreme Court appeal if needed.
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Supreme Court
Houston
Tex
Jack Ruby
Texas
Percy Foreman
National Association of Defense Attorneys
Melvin M. Belli
Ruby
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Foreman
Belli
California
Bell
San Francisco
Joe B. Brown
Reuther Outlines UAW 1964 Contract Goals
President Walter P. Reuther outlined broad 1964 bargaining aims for the United Auto Workers in Atlantic City. He urged linking pensions to cost of living, full retiree medical insurance costs by automakers, a minimum 19 percent wage gain, bonus pay for vacation travel, and measures to create more jobs through earlier retirement and longer paid vacations.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Reuther
UAW
Teather
Weather Rundown for Texas Regions Temperatures Forecast
Regional weather summary for North Central, Northeast, Northwest, South Central, Southeast and Southwest Texas. Forecasts include highs in the 40s to 70s and nightly lows from the teens to upper forties with wind, clouds, and occasional snow flurries in the east.
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Snyder
Texas
Inoutheast
Pannandie
Gromyko Deflects Blame Over Downed Fliers in East Germany
Soviet Foreign Minister Andre A. Gromyko said the fate of three U.S. airmen shot down in East Germany is up to the East German Democratic Republic. He also voiced Soviet concern over border violations while expressing desire for better U.S.-Soviet relations during a Sweden visit news conference.
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Stockholm
Andre A. Gromyko
U.S
East Germany
Gromyko
Moscow
United States
Sweden
North Atlantic
Soviet Union
Moroccan students end Moscow embassy protest with arrests
About 50 Moroccan students began a 24 hour sit in at Morocco's Moscow embassy to protest death sentences in Rabat. They occupied offices and sat on the floor singing, resisting evacuation by Soviet police who later led them away in buses after hours of stand off.
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Moscow
Morocco
Rabat
Hassan I
Salinger Eyes Calif Race After Resigning Press Post
San Francisco AP reports Pi er re Salinger returned to his hometown after resigning as President Johnsons press secretary He plans a news conference to announce if he will run for the U S Senate in California and will reveal his intentions at a later time
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San Francisco
Pierre Salinger
Johnson
U.S. Senate
Salinger
Ail
Bny California
Clair Engle
California
Engle
U.S
John F. Kennedy
Edmund G. Brown
Alan Cranston
Brown
Cranston
Not Bitter Says Belli Not Bitter Says Belli
Attorney Melvin Belli, fired by Jack Ruby and criticized by the American Bar Association, says he is not bitter. He arrived in San Francisco from Mexico City and scheduled a news conference as Ruby awaits execution for Oswald's murder.
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San Francisco
Melvin M. Belli
Jack Ruby
American Bar Association
Mexico City
Tia Juana
San Diego
Belli
Ruby
Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Eva Grant
Bellis San Francisco
Walt C. Craig
Denmark Theme in U S Diplomacy
In Copenhagen AP reports U S diplomacy with Denmark is set to take on a new theme as officials discuss ongoing talks and potential shifts in policy. The coverage notes the atmosphere of cooperation and cautious expectations from both sides.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
U.S
Reedy Takes On LBJ's Press Job
George Reedy, longtime Johnson aide, is named to take the press secretary post as Pierre Salinger leaves for a Senate bid. Reedy, 46, faces the challenge of balancing White House publicity while slimming after gall bladder treatment. Blair’s resignation as ambassador to Copenhagen opens a key diplomatic post.
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Reedy
LBJ
United States
Copenhagen
Katharine FE. White
New Jersey
William McCormick Blair Jr
Blair
Johnson
Kennedy
Adlair Stevenson
White
Red Bank
N.J
Arthur J. White
New York
D.C
Salinger
Spain
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
George
Pierre Salinger
White House
Senate
California
Andrew T. Hatcher
Johnson Shandy
Salingers
Economy Recovery Seen Slow and Uncertain in Early 1964
The chief economist Martin Gainesbrugh told the National Industrial Conference Board that the recovery had not yet peaked, citing sticky unemployment and trade imbalances among problems while noting upward revisions to 1964 forecasts. David Bell urged maintaining and boosting foreign aid to South Vietnam and warned cuts would hurt U S interests.
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Dallas
National Industrial Conference Board
Martin Gainesbrugh
David Bell
United States
South Vietnam
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Joe Tonnhill
Jasper
Pat
Policeoviet
Ministry of Education
Calif
Lady I Nnon
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